Hundreds of journalists jostle for position, shout over each other's questions, walk into each other's camera shots and battle for space for motor homes and tents . . . .

But there are so many journalists on the story that the trapped men's relatives largely stay away except for on weekends. The few families that have zealously maintained a vigil at the mine since the Aug. 5 collapse are swarmed by the swelling media here.

Unlike Israel, though, Chile's flood of reporters will eventually leave.